Do you suffer from aches and pains on your neck, shoulders, lower back;
dealing with spinal cord injuries? If you are, then you should know that
there are medical treatments that may be able to keep you out of the surgery
room. Dr. Cynthia A. Garcia, a Physiatrist, and Partner-In-Care to Harlingen
Medical Center (HMC), will discuss these treatment options when she offers
the HMC Doc Talk Lecture titled,
Alternative Treatments to Surgery – From the Bottom Up, on Wednesday, January 25, 2017, at 6:00 p.m., at the hospital's Medical
Office Building (MOB) Conference Room, located at 5505 S. Expressway 77,
in Harlingen.

Dr. Garcia is a highly sought after physician specializing in Physical
Medicine and Rehabilitation. At her Harlingen medical practice, Rio Center
Physical Medicine, Dr. Garcia works to restore or maximize the functional
skills, self-sufficiency, and mobility of people who have temporary or
permanent physical disabilities resulting from injury or illness. She
works with manual medicine which utilizes structural diagnoses and gentle
manipulative procedures to increase mobility in restricted areas of musculoskeletal
function and to reduce pain.

The Harlingen Medical Center Doc Talk Lecture, by Dr. Garcia, will feature
an in depth PowerPoint on the topic and will be followed by a question-and-answer
session. In her lecture, she will cover topics that include:

Who is a candidate for physical medicine and rehabilitation

Non-surgical treatments available for pain management

The latest non-surgical techniques to address

Neck, shoulder, and back aches & pains

How to get the patient back to their normal physical activity

Benefits of physical medicine and rehabilitation

The lecture is slated to offer additional insight into the diagnosis and
treatment of various conditions including: neck and back pain, pain management,
osteoporosis, spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis, joint surgery
recovery and more.

"People who have frequent aches and pains in their body, areas that
include the neck, shoulders, and lower back, may want to consider seeking
non-surgical treatment," said Dr. Garcia. "These individuals
may experience some level of pain while attempting to do some form of
movement or activity. But, that does not have to be the case, and, they
can do it perhaps without surgery."

The Harlingen Medical Center Doc Talk Lecture is open to the public and
there is no fee to attend. If you would like to attend this lecture, you
are kindly asked to RSVP with the Business Development and Marketing Department
at (956) 365-1027 or at
mchacon@primehealthcare.com. You will only be called back should there be no more room available.
Reservations are taken on a first come, first served basis.

The HMC Doc Talk Lecture Series is hosted by the Harlingen Medical Center
Community Relations Program to offer the public free health and wellness
education, as well as an opportunity to ask questions of the lecturing
physician and obtain immediate responses.